Now that Spain has narrowly beaten Italy in the ugliest of matches I can say without any kind of suspicion that the level of refereeing in this tournament has been appalling. Here refs left both Italian and Spanish teams without a f****** clue of what they were calling.

Belinelli would be a worthy winner of the "worst NBA to FIBA transition" accolade, Marc Gasol at least made the key shot.

Yeah we gave them a hard fight but their NBA guy got them through unlike our NBA guy who wasn't even there

At least we are 3-0 in the challenge bracket and got revenge v Japan for our recent warm-up loss. Though we're not in the main bracket, these games are still important. Doing well we might just about slither into qualify for the final Olympics qualifying tournament. Who knows then, maybe Steven Adams might finally remember he has a NZ passport and suit up for our team.

Greece is out. Btw refs are very very bad. The play that got Jokic ejected was a blatantly obvious foul. I don't get when they review a scene. Seems it is totally random. I haven't watched basketball for a while, but since when is it allowed to have a moving screen? It was not allowed when I used to watch a lot of basketball.

Spain wins it in a nailbiting match after two OT and Marc Gasol waking up in time. Australia will feel aggrieved by refereeing, but unfortunately that was to be expected after how the tournament has taken place so far. Sorry.